Patents Examined by Xiaobei Wang
  • Patent number: 12644171
    Abstract: Provided is a hot stamped body having a chemical composition comprising, by mass %, C: 0.40 to 0.70%, P: 0.100% or less, S: 0.0100% or less, N: 0.0200% or less, O: 0.0200% or less, Al: 0.0010 to 0.500%, Nb: 0.0010 to 0.100%, Ti: 0.010 to 0.200%, Mo: 0.010 to 2.000%, B: 0.0005 to 0.0200%, etc., and balance of Fe and impurities, and a microstructure with a total amount of segregation of at least one of Mo, W, Ta, Re, Os, Ir, and Tc at prior austenite grain boundaries of 0.10 atm % or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuma Ito, Shinichiro Tabata, Yuri Toda
  • Patent number: 12637751
    Abstract: To provide a new tungsten-based thermal spray coating suitable as e.g. a component for plasma etching device using halogen gas, and a material for thermal spraying for obtaining the thermal spray coating. A thermal spray coating characterized by containing tungsten as a matrix phase and oxides containing silicon and boron as a dispersed phase, and a component for plasma etching device having such a thermal spray coating. A material for thermal spraying characterized by containing from 1 to 7 wt % of silicon, from 0.5 to 3 wt % of boron and the reminder being tungsten and unavoidable impurities, and a method for producing a thermal spray coating by thermally spraying the material for thermal spraying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: TOCALO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuo Hamashima, Masashi Morisasa, Shinsuke Anai
  • Patent number: 12640377
    Abstract: Fuel cell alloy bipolar plates. The alloys may be used as a coating or bulk material. The alloys and metallic glasses may be particularly suitable for proton-exchange membrane fuel cells because of they may exhibit reduced weights and/or better corrosion resistance. The alloys may include any of the following AlxCuyTiz, AlxFeyNiz, AlxMnyNiz, AlxNiyTiz, CuxFeyTiz, CuxNiyTiz, AlxFeySiz, AlxMnySiz, AlxNiySiz, NixSiyTiz, and CxFeySiz. The alloys or metallic glass may be doped with various dopants to improve glass forming ability, mechanical strength, ductility, electrical or thermal conductivities, hydrophobicity, and/or corrosion resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Soo Kim, Jonathan Mailoa, Lei Cheng, Nathan Craig
  • Patent number: 12629750
    Abstract: A powder metal composition providing a powder metal material to be compacted, sintered, and heat treated to be comparable to wrought 6013 aluminum alloy. The powder metal composition includes an aluminum base powder metal, an aluminum-silicon powder metal, an aluminum-copper powder metal, and an elemental magnesium powder metal. A weight percent of silicon in the powder metal composition is in a range of 0.6 to 1.0 wt % of the powder metal composition, a weight percent of copper in the powder metal composition is in a range of 0.7 to 1.1 wt % of the powder metal composition, and a weight percent of magnesium in the powder metal composition is in a range of 0.8 to 1.2 wt % of the powder metal composition. This powder metal is compactable to form a green compact which is further sinterable and heat treatable to provide a powder metal composition comparable to wrought 6013 aluminum alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: GKN Sinter Metals, LLC
    Inventors: Donald Paul Bishop, Margaret F. Wilson, Ian W. Donaldson, Richard L. Hexemer, Jr.
  • Patent number: 12622268
    Abstract: The copper/ceramic bonded body according to the present invention is a copper/ceramic bonded body obtained by bonding copper members consisting of copper or a copper alloy to a ceramic member, where at a bonded interface between the ceramic member and each of the copper members, the distance between the ceramic member and each of the copper members in an end portion of each of the copper members is in a range of 3 ?m or more and 30 ?m or less, and a void ratio in an end portion region (E) of each of the copper members is 10% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Terasaki
  • Patent number: 12612682
    Abstract: A copper-diamond composite (30) according to the present invention includes a plurality of diamond particles (20) that are dispersed in a metal matrix (10) containing copper, in which when a particle size distribution of the diamond particles (20) is measured using an image particle size distribution analyzer, a number average of a sphericity distribution of the diamond particles (20) is 0.90 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: Denka Company Limited
    Inventors: Hyojin Noguchi, Noriyoshi Sakai, Motoi Nagasawa
  • Patent number: 12606878
    Abstract: An Al—Si coated press hardening component, wherein the Al—Si coating comprises a low-Al content ferrite layer with an Al content of less than 5 wt % and a thickness of greater than 5 ?m, and having a maximum bending angle of the Al—Si coated press hardening component is greater than 65°. The thickness of the tough low-Al content ferrite layer in the Al—Si coating after hot stamping, reaching 5-100 ?m, by improving the hot stamping process, so that the formation or propagation of cracks on the surface or the coating is effectively prevented, and the bendability of the pre-coated steel after hot stamping is improved. At the same time, the hot stamping process of the present invention can take into account or optimize the microstructure of the steel substrate to further improve the bendability and tensile property of the whole material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignee: The University of Hong Kong
    Inventors: Mingxin Huang, Ming Guan
  • Patent number: 12599963
    Abstract: Methods of making composite articles wherein at least a portion of a hardsurface wear protection applied to a composite article includes matrix composite and hard elements with channels between the hard elements. A layered preform coating mat may be applied over a substrate of the composite article and then fused thereto to form channels between hard elements in the coating mat. The channels may extend over the entire outer surface of the composite article or only over a portion thereof. A hybrid layered preform coating mat may include a depressed section adapted for receiving a perforated braze preform inlay. When the coating mat is fused to the substrate, channels may be formed between the hard elements in the depressed section, but not in a non-depressed section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignee: Innovative Mechanical Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Omar Tyson Oliver Neumann, Alex Iain Belcher
  • Patent number: 12595534
    Abstract: A metal matrix composite material and associated methods are disclosed. In one example, the metal matrix composite material includes ceramic particles distributed in multiple phases. In selected examples, the metal matrix composite material is formed by a process including applying a rotational force and an axial force to a feedstock at an interface and plasticizing a portion of the feedstock at the interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Rajib Kalsar, Vineet V. Joshi, Darrell R. Herling, Xiaolong Ma, Jens T. Darsell, Benjamin J. Schuessler, Curt A. Lavender
  • Patent number: 12593417
    Abstract: Disclosed are an electronic device including a housing having a matte surface and a method of manufacturing the same. An electronic device according to various embodiments of the disclosure is an electronic device including a housing. The housing may include a base material including an aluminum alloy, a plurality of pits adjacently formed on a surface of the base material, and a crystal grain boundary protrusion part formed as a crystal grain boundary of the surface of the base material portion protrudes on the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoonhee Lee, Juncheol Shin, Hangyu Hwang, Yucheol Kim, Jungmin Yeo
  • Patent number: 12577639
    Abstract: Provided is a zinc foil including a core portion containing zinc as a base metal and containing substantially no bismuth and a cladding portion located on at least one side of the core portion and containing zinc as a base metal and containing bismuth, wherein the core portion and the cladding portion are inseparably bonded to each other. It is preferable that the average zinc crystal grain size in the core portion is larger than the average zinc crystal grain size in the cladding portion. It is also preferable that the average zinc crystal grain size in the cladding portion is 0.2 ?m or more and less than 24 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2026
    Inventors: Takuya Kuruma, Hiroki Sawamoto, Hidetoshi Inoue
  • Patent number: 12569895
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems, compositions, and methods for manufacturing objects with sharp edges having a high strength and hardness. To form the sharp edge, an object can be subjected to a compressive force that locally deforms the object to create the sharp edge. In some embodiments, deformation can occur by passing the material through a system of one or more opposed tapered rolls having one or more tapering angles for deforming the material. The tapered rolls can rotate and drive the material downstream to a next opposed pair of tapered rolls. The tapered rolls deform the material by changing the material microstructure, compressing the grains of the material in a predetermined location to create a more homogeneous microstructure. The local modification of the resulting microstructure increases the homogeneity as well as the hardness and strength of the material and prevents cracking and/or chipping of the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Gianluca Roscioli, Cemal Cem Tasan
  • Patent number: 12569911
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a composition for use in sintered molded bodies which does not impair the shape retention ability of a green molded body relying on the rigidity inherent to a polyacetal resin, has high fluidity, and is resistant to cracking or swelling during degreasing. The composition for use in sintered molded bodies contains a sinterable inorganic powder and an organic binder, the organic binder contains at least a polyacetal resin and a polyolefin resin, and the melt flow index of the polyacetal resin is 70 to 200 g/10 min.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Motohiro Fukai, Kuon Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 12565300
    Abstract: A load-bearing structure is disclosed and configured to, during operation of the structure, transfer load from a first part of the structure to a second part of the structure via a load path. The component includes a matrix material, a plurality of longitudinal first reinforcing elements embedded in the matrix material, and a plurality of longitudinal second reinforcing elements embedded in the matrix material. The long axis of each first reinforcing element is substantially aligned with a first direction and the long axis of each second reinforcing element is substantially aligned with a second direction, the second direction being substantially perpendicular to the first direction. The structure has a predefined crack-propagation region configured to control the propagation of a crack in the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2026
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventor: Parthasarathy Iyengar
  • Patent number: 12559823
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a tungsten wire includes a tungsten alloy containing rhenium. The tungsten wire includes a protrusion peak density (Spd) of 7000 or more and 11000 or less as a surface roughness parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Assignee: Niterra Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Aoyama, Hideaki Baba, Masanori Mizobe, Kenji Tomokiyo
  • Patent number: 12546022
    Abstract: A film that contains Ni2O3H as a main component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2026
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koji Wada, Haruyuki Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 12544833
    Abstract: This invention in one aspect relates to an iron-based foam usable for an electrochemical device, comprising a composition comprising iron and a refractory element processed to form the iron-based foam having a hierarchical porous structure with self-assembled channels for gas flow reactions and internal space to accommodate volumetric changes on oxidation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2026
    Assignee: NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jacob Benjamin Mack, Samuel Mark Pennell, David C. Dunand
  • Patent number: 12544830
    Abstract: Provided is a thermosetting resin composition containing: (A) silver particles including secondary particles having an average particle size from 0.5 to 5.0 ?m, the secondary particles being formed by aggregation of primary particles having an average particle size from 10 to 100 nm; and (B) a thermosetting resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2026
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya Nitanai, Masakazu Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 12545985
    Abstract: A high-formability hot galvanized aluminum-zinc or hot galvanized aluminum-magnesium dual-phase steel having a tensile strength of ?590 MPa and a rapid heat treatment hot dipping fabrication method, the steel comprising the following components in mass percentage: C: 0.045-0.12%; Si: 0.1-0.5%; Mn: 1.0-2.0%; P: ?0.02%; S: ?0.006%; and Al: 0.02-0.055%. The steel may also contain one or two among Cr, Mo, Ti, Nb, and V, wherein the Cr+Mo+Ti+Nb+V?0.5%, and the remainder is Fe and other inevitable impurities. The present invention changes the recovery of a deformed structure, ferrite recrystallization and austenite transformation processes during annealing by means of rapid heat treatment, and the nucleation point of a crystal is increased, grain growth time is shortened, the strength and formability (n90 value) of the material is improved while heat treatment efficiency is improved, which thus extends the performance range of the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2026
    Assignee: BAOSHAN IRON & STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jian Wang, Jun Li, Liyang Zhang, Xiaofeng Du, Zhilong Ding, Huafei Liu, Yuling Ren, Yao Du, Chuanhua Lin, Yi Yang
  • Patent number: 12539539
    Abstract: Provided are silver particles including a silver powder and a silver layer that includes primary particles, the primary particles being smaller than the silver powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2026
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya Nitanai, Masakazu Fujiwara